Etiopia Gesha - El Salvador

“This coffee is about as Geisha as Geisha gets. If there was ever a coffee you need to keep away from milk though, this is it.”

This varietal is known for it’s floral notes, tea-like body and it’s complexity and this one has all that, in spades.

In the cup, we get big sweet peach notes and huge jasmine florals as soon as we taste the coffee. The lemon acidity is sharp but clean and the lack of body is noticeable and intriguing. The tea-like body really highlights the complexity of the coffee and you might detect faint notes of butter and herbs.

Geisha is best enjoyed as filter coffee, there’s no doubt about it. Something like a V60 is the way to go. Surprisingly, we were pulling lovely espresso too - the lemon is highlighted and there are so many layers to the flavour.

One word of warning, this is coffee that will be completely dominated by milk, and we would only ever recommend drinking it black. Delicious, light and refreshing coffee.

This El Salvador coffee showcases the Geisha varietal, a cultivar prized in specialty coffee circles for its distinctive floral and tea-like characteristics. Foundry Coffee Roasters has brought out peach and jasmine florals alongside a bright lemon acidity, rounded by buttery sweetness and herbal notes. The tea-like body creates a delicate mouthfeel that emphasizes clarity over heaviness—a signature profile of this varietal when well-executed. The combination of stone fruit, florals, and herbaceous notes invites exploration of the flavor wheel to map the coffee's full aromatic range with each sip.